I wanted something completely different for hubby and I, and we love the Austin Powers series, so this was a no brainer! Our Fook Yu and Fook Mi couple costume took a lot of work, but was so worth it. Everything I needed was purchased from Value Village and a dollar store, so the total cost for both … Read more
Wasn’t sure what to do for Halloween and I always love to be different. I stopped in a Halloween store to look for a dress and I mentioned to them that it would be so cool to have someone paint a design all over me. Wasn’t sure what , but that’s what came to my … Read more
I could not say no to my son Dylan when he wanted to be a Transforming Optimus Prime for Halloween. We made this creative Transformers costume from scratch. Deciding what materials to use as we went along. To make this costume we used boxes, paper towel tubes, tires from an firetruck toy, spray paint, paint, … Read more
This is an adult halloween “Macho Man” Randy Savage costume I made last Halloween to pay tribute to the late wrestler “Macho Man” Randy Savage who passed away in 2011. I took a suit jack and painted it gold. I then added green/yellow ribbon and zebra print to the jacket as well as the Macho … Read more
Here’s my awesome Deadmau5 head costume! I actually made the entire head in only 3 days!! And it turned out phenomenally well!! Was a great hit at all the costume parties!! It even took 3rd place at one!! And at another I had soo many great reactions, people wanting pictures and telling me it was … Read more
This was by far a great homemade group costume idea: The Four Elements, Earth, Wind, Water, and Fire and the funnest to make. We found a dress pattern that was suitable for all of us because we all used the same one; and we also found a cape pattern and sewed it to mach our … Read more
Captain Claw pirate crane machine costume Wearer: Benz, 8 years old Ahoy, me hearties! I’m Captain Claw! My SUPER CREATIVE mom turned a cardboard box into a working arcade game! She taped 3 of the top flaps down and taped the top flap up after cornering the edges. This would be the front sign. All 4 … Read more
Having a serious love for sewing and the delight in having an outfit, costume, or décor/craft item that no one else has…gave my daughter and often times several of her friends an edge on Halloween. Nearly all of her life, I was thrilled to put my talent to work on costumes, most were from patterns … Read more
The bed was made of a fridge cardboard box. I added a sheet on the top of it while the bottom has a bed skirt. There is a rope that was tied around my body with a cut out so my body would fit in. To move this I had to use my hands. The … Read more
Being 7 best friends it was very hard to find a big group costume. We narrowed it down to the 7 dwarfs and matched each character with our personalities. We are from the city Hoboken in New Jersey, so for fun we called ourselves the 7 sexy Dwarfs from the City (a play on words from … Read more
Since our first son was born I have always made our costumes. The more kids we have the more fun it is getting. This year we decided to do a Flintstones family costume. It took me about 5 months of planning, sewing, airbrushing, hot gluing and painting to make all of the costumes. You can’t … Read more
I’m a bit of a Disney freak. Anytime there’s an opportunity to craft a costume I usually go for one of the characters. I’ve been everything from a wicked step sister, to Malicifent, to Snow White. I decided to be Ariel from the Little Mermaid. I was determined to win best costume at the event … Read more